home
products
contribute
download
documentation
forum
Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
All posts
Latest activity
Members
Registered members
Current visitors
Donate
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Search titles only
By:
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More options
Contact us
Close Menu
Forums
MediaPortal 1
Support
General Support
General Question for configuring a new System
Contact us
RSS
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="deamon_knight" data-source="post: 1125023" data-attributes="member: 150503"><p>Finally got the test system running, I'm recording and viewing HD TV pretty well, now I'm looking for advice on more setup options. One, my CPU seems underpowered for a combined front end/back end with several tuners and running Comskip for commercial detection. Any suggestions on how much CPU power I will need for this? The existing CPU is 2.5GHz and I have a 3GHz Pentium D (Dual Core) I could use. If I need more Power than that I'm looking at buying an new Motherboard and i3 chip, but that is more than I really want to spend right now. Not sure if the stuttering I'm seeing is CPU bound or due to the single HDD in this test system.</p><p></p><p>2.) These tuners have Radio inputs for FM. My car radio pulls Station ID and Song/Artist info from the broadcast, I think this must be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_Radio" target="_blank">HD Radio</a>. Is there some way to pull this info into MediaPortal. Would additional hardware be needed?</p><p></p><p>3.) I'm trying to schedule recording of a show that is in syndication. The new episodes are on one HD channel, but searching by name/title brings up every sydicated episode too. I'm trying to record "weekly on this channel" but its not clear from context what channel "this" is, and I get a bunch of recordings scheduled on the Analog channels.</p><p></p><p>It is possible that some of these problems are a result of watching this on a regular 1208x1024 monitor, this is still a test bed system. Is some of the UI being cut off?</p><p></p><p>4.) I have not yet combined my SD/HD/ and OTA channels for troubleshooting purposes, so I have a lot of duplicates. Any suggestions on how to set this up/pitfalls to avoid? Conceptually, I have 2 sources, Analog Cable, Digital Cable, and Terrestrial Broadcast. I have also found that my digital channels includes HiDef and Standard Def broadcast of the National Broadcast Channels, Like ABC for example. If I combine all channels with the same lineup, and prioritize my Tuners as "Digital Cable>Terrestrial Brodcast>Analog Cable", I think MediaPortal will handle everything, Perfer HD Digital broadcasts and Multiplex any digital channels on the same stream, correct? I'm not sure what will happen with the Standard Def channels on digital cable. The easiest step is probably just to remove these channels from my lineup.</p><p></p><p>5.) Dates are displayed as Day-Month, anyway to change this to Month-Day?</p><p></p><p>6.) I'm not getting subtitles turned on when I mute audio. Is there a way to make this the default behavior?</p><p></p><p>7.) I have Comskip setup, but it is hit or miss. Does anyone have any suggestions for configuring this? Also, is there a way to add Comskip bookmarks from within MediaPortal as I watch a program, if I find they are wrong?</p><p></p><p>8.) I have a Windows MCE remote, is there any walkthroughs or suggested setups for mapping all the keys? The Remote mapping menu is overwhelming, not sure where to start.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for everyone who read through that!</p><p></p><p>System Specs:</p><p>Win 7</p><p>MediaPortal 1.10.0</p><p>Pentium E5200</p><p>3GB RAM</p><p>250GB HDD</p><p>Nvidia GeForce 210</p><p>HVR-2250, HVR-1600, HVR-1800</p><p>EPG: Schedules Direct & Xmltv</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deamon_knight, post: 1125023, member: 150503"] Finally got the test system running, I'm recording and viewing HD TV pretty well, now I'm looking for advice on more setup options. One, my CPU seems underpowered for a combined front end/back end with several tuners and running Comskip for commercial detection. Any suggestions on how much CPU power I will need for this? The existing CPU is 2.5GHz and I have a 3GHz Pentium D (Dual Core) I could use. If I need more Power than that I'm looking at buying an new Motherboard and i3 chip, but that is more than I really want to spend right now. Not sure if the stuttering I'm seeing is CPU bound or due to the single HDD in this test system. 2.) These tuners have Radio inputs for FM. My car radio pulls Station ID and Song/Artist info from the broadcast, I think this must be [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_Radio']HD Radio[/URL]. Is there some way to pull this info into MediaPortal. Would additional hardware be needed? 3.) I'm trying to schedule recording of a show that is in syndication. The new episodes are on one HD channel, but searching by name/title brings up every sydicated episode too. I'm trying to record "weekly on this channel" but its not clear from context what channel "this" is, and I get a bunch of recordings scheduled on the Analog channels. It is possible that some of these problems are a result of watching this on a regular 1208x1024 monitor, this is still a test bed system. Is some of the UI being cut off? 4.) I have not yet combined my SD/HD/ and OTA channels for troubleshooting purposes, so I have a lot of duplicates. Any suggestions on how to set this up/pitfalls to avoid? Conceptually, I have 2 sources, Analog Cable, Digital Cable, and Terrestrial Broadcast. I have also found that my digital channels includes HiDef and Standard Def broadcast of the National Broadcast Channels, Like ABC for example. If I combine all channels with the same lineup, and prioritize my Tuners as "Digital Cable>Terrestrial Brodcast>Analog Cable", I think MediaPortal will handle everything, Perfer HD Digital broadcasts and Multiplex any digital channels on the same stream, correct? I'm not sure what will happen with the Standard Def channels on digital cable. The easiest step is probably just to remove these channels from my lineup. 5.) Dates are displayed as Day-Month, anyway to change this to Month-Day? 6.) I'm not getting subtitles turned on when I mute audio. Is there a way to make this the default behavior? 7.) I have Comskip setup, but it is hit or miss. Does anyone have any suggestions for configuring this? Also, is there a way to add Comskip bookmarks from within MediaPortal as I watch a program, if I find they are wrong? 8.) I have a Windows MCE remote, is there any walkthroughs or suggested setups for mapping all the keys? The Remote mapping menu is overwhelming, not sure where to start. Thanks for everyone who read through that! System Specs: Win 7 MediaPortal 1.10.0 Pentium E5200 3GB RAM 250GB HDD Nvidia GeForce 210 HVR-2250, HVR-1600, HVR-1800 EPG: Schedules Direct & Xmltv [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
MediaPortal 1
Support
General Support
General Question for configuring a new System
Contact us
RSS
Top
Bottom